The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-18 00:00:00

(From the Morning Papers of this day.) MORNING CORONTCLR —The exportation of the precioes metals from the port of Londoe, for the week ending the 14til instant, consisted, according to the official retnt•rta, of 20,382 oz. of silver, of which 16,500 oz. were chipped to Van Die-. men's Land, and 3,882 oz. to Beigiee m , The position in which tho solders of Spanish herd h are now placed, in consequence of the negociatir+Ml Oh foot with a view of raising, a loan, is the subject of Much and anxious dis cussion. There is evidently great apprehension that they will be placed in a worse position ; and many persons hove there fore been induced to dispose of their stock, even at the present low price of 24 which includes two veal's' dividends of .5 per cent. ; but if the question were mere minutely examined, it would be seen that there is agroat probability of something be ing done to improve their prrspects, as the interests of the bondholders are now more closely identified with the financial measures of the Government than they have perhaps ever been. • The difficulties which have arisen in the ccmpletion of the negotiation with M. Aguado are entirely in consequence of the determination not to admit the loan into the Stock Markets of London and Paris ; for, of course, - when he found there would be no opening for the sale of the stock, he imme • diately suspended his proposals until the Government had adopted some measures which included the claims of the fo reign bondholders. In:a few words, the Government want money to meet the exigencies of the state ; the Legislature has sanctioned the creation of the new loan ; parties are ready to advance the money if the foreign markets are opened for its sale ; and this can only be done by the claims of the old creditors being first taken into consideration. The Government of Holland has at length thrown off the mask, and ventured once more to come before the world as borrowers of money, by issuing the prospectus of the new an nual loan. The amount is 8,500,000 guilders, for which in terest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum is to be paid, and the security to be upon the revenues of the East India co lonies of Holland. The stock is to be issued at par, and to be subscribed for in the books of the State in 8,500 shares of 1,000 guilders each. The interest is to be paid on the Ist of April and Ist of October, and to commence from the Ist of April now past. The payments are to be made in two divisions, namely, 300 guilders on the 15th of June next, and 300 guilders on the 15th of September. Brokers to be allowed one quarter per cent. commission for inducing persons to subscribe. Such are the outlines of this scheme to procure the means of paying, the dividends which be come due on the Ist of July; but if the English public be weak enough to embark their money in it after the re peated cautions we have given, with clear and detailed expo sitions of the real state of Dutch affairs, they will only have themselves to blame when they find their property depreciated to a most serious extent, which, sooner or later must occur ; and these continual loans only hastens the day of reckoning. The slightest examination of the present proposal will at once open the eyes of ever)body ; and it confirms, moreover, what we hare over and over again stated as to the insecurity of Dutch stock, and the shifts and contrivances which are adopted to obtain the needful. We will, in the first place, call attention to one fact, which to a casual observer may pats unnoticed, but it speaks volumes as to the folly of any person investing money in this new loan. It is to be issued at par, it will be observed, and is at 5 per cent. stock ; yet, on reference to any list of foreign secu rities, it will be seen that the loan of last year, also a 5 per cent, stock, is now only 98 to d, or 2 per cent. below par ; so that the natural effect will be, that whenever the new stock is brought upon the market, it will at once go to a discount. • This is the simple fact, and ought of itself to be sufficient to deter anybody from subscribing for the new loan. Six months' interest upon one-half, and three months' upon the other, is to be presented gratis to the subscribers, by way of increasing the nature of the tempting bait to English gulls, minnows to catch mackerel, inasmuch as only half the money is to be paid in June, and the remainder in September; yet the interest begins on the Ist of the present month, and is due, consequently, on the Ist of October. Of course the secu rity upon the revenues of the Dutch East Indian possessions must be well known to be no security at all, for the ex penses of these colonies hare for some time exceeded the income, and a part of this very money which the Govern ment is now attempting to get hold of is for the pay ment of the " extraordinary expenses of the colonies," the 'words of the vote which has recently been passed by the States-General, and in accordance with which the present loan is now to be raised. This thin pretence being therefore removed, there is no real security of any kind for the money ; and as there is little or no prospect of a settlement of the Belgic question, or certainly none that the Belgians will now take upon themselves one farthing of the debt of the Nether lands, it will be the height of folly and gullibility for English capitalists to advance another sum of money, approaching to a million sterling, to an impoverished and bankrupt people like the Dutch. Let it always be borne in mind that the debt of Holland is already 136,000,0001. ; its population little more than 2,000,000 ; its army about 120,000 men ; the people taxed to the very utmost ; and the country devoid of mines, minerals, or any of those natural productions which tend so materially to enrich a nation, and render it prosperous and happy. Times. —.By the advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 k per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 10i, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at. short being 13. 01, it folows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer , at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 81 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 36}, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 571, it follows that go ld is 0.84 pe r c en t, l ower at Paris than in London. The price of sovereigns at New York is 4.95, which esta blishes a par of exchange in paper of 111.37 per cent., and the course of exchange at New York on London being 105/ per cent., it follows that the exchange is 5.62 per cent. against .England. MORNING POST. —The Foreign Funds were not very buoy ant to-day, with the exception of Portuguese and Spanish Stock, in which some speculation was indulged. The ex pectation that political affairs in Portugal will remain tranquil for a short period has induced many parties to buy at the late low prices; the Five per Cents. have been driven up in consequence to 32k, and the Three per Cents. to 22 ; but this afternoon each Stock declined to per cent. The value of Spanish Bonds was increased to 20i. French Five per Cents, declined to 108 f. 50c. ; but the Three per Cents., on the contrary, improved, and closed at 81f. 50c. The quotations of Dutch Stock are not much affected by the proposed contract for a new loan for 9,500,000 florins, as the proceeds are to be applied to the payment of the interest which will soon become due upon the d e b t c l a i med by Holland from Belgium. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. left off this afternoon at 54, and the Five per Cents. at par; and Belgian at 1031. Colom bian Stock for the Account has advanced to 21 ; but Brazi lian remains steady at 76. The British Iron Shares have not been sold higher than 35 discount to-day. The Asphalte ( Claridge's) Shares are worth 13 prem. It is intended to form a Company at Liver pool to extend the use of the Asphalte of Seyssel to the United States and the British North American Colonies. The Railway Shares are not much in demand. The Great Wes tern have improved to 311 prem., the Brighton to 2f prem., and the Greenwich to 3,i dis. In the Foreign Exchanges there was a tendency to advance this afternoon, business being now brisk. MORNING HERALD. —The Money Market presents no new cause for remark, either as regards its influence upon the Stock Exchange or commercial, investments. Capital con tinues to command but a very low rate of interest, but there is still no direct inclination for entering into speculations of moment. There has been rather more doing to-day in the Continen tal exchanges, and generally the quotations have advanced, particularly on Paris, on which city they have reached 2.5 f. 85c. a 25f. 90c. ; on Amsterdam they rule at 12 5i a 12 5i ; on Rotterdam at 12 51 a 12 6 ; and on Hamburg at 13 12i a 1.3 13. The market for tlae British securities has not been distin guished by any great degree of activity, although there have been some dealings in the heavier securities, and the Long An nuities ; but in the quotations there has not been much change, as they closed at nearly yesterday's prices. Some months since we referred our readers to the cireum stance of an effort being about to be made to establish a New Joint Stock Banking Company in London, of sufficient power to serve the Commercial community without being trammelled by want of means, or by Government influence, under the title of the Commercial Bank of London. It has transpired to-day amongst the monetary circles that the project has not been given up, but rather is making steady progress, although the parties have determined to ensure stability and the connection of wealth by altering the proportion of shares and subscrip tions, which, being raised to shares of one thousand pounds each, with ten per cent. paid, is more likely to exclude all jobbinT. We merely allude to this projection inasmuch as it Shows that many of the private bankers are inclined to fall into the project, which Messrs. Coutta have sanctioned, by permit ting their names to be used as the receivers of the deposits. It is also understood that the business of several London hankers has been offered to the Provisional Committee, hut with one only have they treated. It is not our province to make any further allusion at present. • EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.— At the Bury Quarter Sessions on Monday, Mr. Charles Kirrage, an opu lent tradesman, carrying on the business of a builder, was put upon his trial for stealing' a glass containing 141. los. and a bad half-crown, from Mrs. Hughes, shoemaker and grocer, of Long Brackland. On the sth of last month the prisoner, whilst in a state of intoxication, went into Mrs. Hughes's shop, and asked for a pair of shoes she was repairing for him. At the time he was there she gave change to another trades man of the place out of a glass in a case behind the counter. She told the prisoner the shoes were not done, on which he darted round the corner, seized the vessel containing the money, and ran away with it. On the following morning the prisoner was taken into custody, but was quite unconscious of having committed the offence. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.—Bury Post. The Constitutionnel threatens the French on the ht of May with the creation of eight Dukes, twenty-five Mar quises, forty Counts and Viscounts, and a hundred Barons. 'Phis seems very useless in France, when the law allows any individual to adopt whatever title he may fancy, and where so many individuals profit by the permission without adding at all to theii honour and respectability; whilst, on the other hand, many genuine and truly descended Counts and Mar quises have dropped their hereditary titles as inconsistent with tlaeir fortunes and With the ideas of the time. ONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW's,l PRIVATE BILLS BEFO .tLIA- MONDAY, APRIL 9. ROADS, INCLOSURES, AND IMPROVEMENTS. Leominster Impro.ement Bill read third time and passed. Sivave@ey (Cambridge) Inclosure Bill reportedl tO be en grotged. Fen- Drayton (Cambridge) Inclosure.—Time further en larged for presenting Bill till Wednesday, 25th April. Haverfordwest (for Portfield)' Inclosure 1111.—Read second time, and committed. Combmartin Roads' Bill.—Report further considered ; amendments agreed to ; Bill to be engrossed. Bratton Fleming (Devon) Inclosure Bill.—Read third time and passed. Haverfordwest (or Portfield) Inclosure Bill.—Petition of freemen of Havcrfordwest against. Message from the Lords, that they have agreed to Ilaleworthy Roads Bill. Quedgley (Gloucester) Inclosure Bill.— Without amend ments. WEDNRIDAY, APRIL 11. Message from the Lords—That they have agreed to Sutton (Cambridge) Inclosure Bill. Lower King's Ferry Road Bill. —Reported. Staley Road Bill —Read second time and committed. Mr. Speaker reported the Royal Assent to Haleworthy Roads Bill ; Dee Bridge Roads Bill (Sutton) Cambridge In closure Bill ; and Turner's Estate Bill. Swavesey (Cambridge) Inclosure Bill.—Read third time; clause added; amendments made; Bill passed. Wadsley, Langset, and Sheffield Road Bill.—Petition of Surveyors of the Highways of Nether-Hallam, in favour. Wadsley, Langsets, and Sheffield Roads Bill.—Petition of Trustees of the Halifax and Sheffield Road against ; referred to the Committee on the Bill ; Counsel ordered. Comhmartin Roads Bill.—Read third time and passed. Metropolis Improvements.—Petitions for adopting the proposed Improvements in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's-inn fields ; from Barristers and others in New-inn, Clement's-inn, and Lyon's-inn, and inhabitants of St. Giles, and St. George, Bloomsbury ; referred to the Select Committee on Metropo lis Improvements. Metropolis Improvements.—Petition of Anthony Porting ton, suggesting a tine of street from Holborn to the Strand ; referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis Improve ments. Kirkstall, Ilkley, and Shipley Roads Bill.—Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands in Baildon against; referred to the Committee on the Bill ; Counsel ordered. RAILROADS, CANALS, AND BRIDGES. MONDAY, APRIL 9. London Grand Junction Railway Bill.--Petition of Robert M‘William and Owen Thomas Owen against. Message from the Lords, that they have agreed to London and Greenwich Railway Bill. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11. Ribble Navigation Bill.—Report further considered [Prints baying been delivered on Friday, 6th April.] Amend. ments agreed to. Other amendments made. Bill to be en• grossed. .... _ - Cookham Bridge Bill.—Report further considered. [Prints having been delivered on Friday, 6th April.] Amendments agreed to. Bill to be engrossed. Rocester Bridge Bill.—Petition of Thomas Houldsworth, Esq., against. Referred to the Committee on the Bill. Coun sel ordered. Mr. Speaker reported the Royal Assent to London and Greenwich Railway Bill. London Grand Junction Railway Bill.—Petition of John James Hackett against. Brandling Junction Railway Bill. [Prints having been de livered on Tuesday, 3d April. ] Amendments agreed to. Bill to be engrossed. MISCELLANEOUS. MONDAY, APRIL Q. Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill.—Reported. Metropolis Improvements.—Petition of the Committee for paving, cleansing, and lighting the parishes of St. Giles-in the-Fields and St. George Bloomsbury, for improving the communication between Broad -street, St. Giles's and Charing Cross, and from Waterloo Bridge to Gower-street ; referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis Improvements. John George and Son.—Petition of John George and Sons, for inquiry into the merits of a steam war-chariot, and a bullet proof soldier's dress. Liverpool Court of Passage Bill.—Petition of the Liver pool New Gas and Coke Company, against. London Corporation.—Petition from the Ward of Farring. don Without, London, for speedy consideration of the Report of the Commissioners. Westminster Pavements.—Act (7 Geo. IV.) read; Bill to explain and amend, ordered to be brought in. WEDNESDA I' APRIL 11. Mr. Speaker reported the Royal Assent to the Exmouth Market Bill. Ashby-de-la- Zouch Small Debts Bill.—Read third time and passed. Finsbury Small Debts Bill.—Order for second reading read and discharged; Bill withdrawn, another Bill ordered to be brought in. Deanhead Reservoir Bill.--Read second time and committed. Finsbury Small Debts Bill (No. 2).—" For the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts within the borough of Finsbury," presented and read first time, to be read second time. Kingstown and Dublin Port and Harbour.—Acts relating thereto read ; considered in Committee ; resolution for Bill reported and agreed to; Bill ordered to be brought in. Kingstown and Dublin Port and Harbour Bill.—" To amend several Acts relating to Kingstown Harbour and Port of Dublin," presented and read first time, to be read second timo on Monday ith of May, and to be printed. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (From the Gardeners' Gazette.) AURLCULAS, which are showing colour, should be removed to a warm but shady situation, under hand-glasses, then raised by resting on bricks or pots as high as the rims of the pots in which they are growing, so that a free current of air can be given them, without disturbing their flowers, whenever the weather is mild. They must be very warmly covered at night, for if the frost set the blooms, they can never open flat. TULIPS are now throwing up their buds, and should be care fully protected from frost ; the ordinary way is by hoops and mats, but a coarse drugget is far better, and in the end cheaper; should the foliage be by accident frozen, it will ap pear dark ; they should then be watered all over, and covered up till perfectly thawed ; they will recover in an hour or two. DAHLIAS.—Avoid putting any unstruck cuttings into hot beds, whose heat is declining ; there is every probability of their failing to strike in any reasonable time, and some chance of loss altogether. If such be the state of your beds, and you have no new ones, take away as much of the spent litter as you can all round, and replace with a lining of fresh hot stable manure; it will soon reinstate the proper heat. PEAS that are high enough should be stuck. The large kinds may be still sown for later crops ; earth up whatever are for ward enough ; hoe and clean between the rows. BEANS, except sticking, require the same treatment. VlNES.—Propagate by layers ; dig and manure the borders in which they run. ROSES.—In cutting Roses, regard should be had to the size you wish them to be. To keep bushes dwarf, or the heads of standards smaller, you may cut away all weak shoots, and prune the strong ones to a single, or at most, twe eyes. By cutting some now, and some in a week or a fortnight, s succes sion of bloom may be secured. KITCHEN GARDEN generally, as before. GREENHOUSE.—NearIy all the Cape plants are now advanc ing to bloom ; nor is it any use to attempt to check it ; Camel has, as soon as out of flower, should be placed in moderate beat till they have perfected their growth. ON GRASS SExns.--Farmers at present have paid very little attention to the habits and properties of individual seeds —their custom generally being to purchase a mixture at the recommendation of their seedsmen. It would be better if they endeavoured to ascertain the character and uses of each, singly. As far as our experience has gone, we will endeavour briefly to supply the desideratum—beginning with the seed in most places called Timothy seed, which ought to be sown at this season. This seed is the best adapted of all for fen and marsh meadows. No quantity of rain or duration of flood will in jure or destroy it. It grows thick and luxuriant, mastering the barren grasses and weeds ; and though somewhat coarse to the eye, is r e li s h e d excee di ng l y b y a ll th e graminivorous genus. It is not much known in the south, but has for some years been a profitable growth in the Lincolnshire fens, especially for seed. We know a sixteen acre piece which has be en cu t f or t h e l atter parpose six -years running, producing upwards of cwt. per acre, at 725. per cwt.— a pretty good return—there being no working expenses upon it, but getting and threshing. Moreover, the straw is, afterwards, most excellent crew yard fodder, horses and cattle, and even pigs eat i ng i t with aridity, and doing welt upon i t. ----- DIARY OF THE TIMES OF GEORGE IV. AND QUEEN CAROLINE.—We are requested to state that a new and cheap edition of this work, in 2 vols., post Bvo., price only 165., will be ready for delivery ou Monday next, April 23. Those, therefore, who desire to receive it on the day of publi cation should send their orders forthwith to their respective Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlbo rough-street. Agents for Scotland, Bell and Bradfute, Edin burgh ; for Iroland, John Cumming, Dublin. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LOUIS THE FOUR TEENTH." BY G. P. R. JAMES, ESQ.—This is a well written work, and exhibits a degree of rare, and pains -taking research, highly creditable to its able author. He seems, indeed, to have deeply studied the history of the period, and to have left no source of information regarding the remarkable events by which they were distinguished, unexplored. Mr. James has here brought together a mass of curious and interesting anec dote and information, and he conveys them in a manner at once lucid and satisfactory. It is certainly a valuable addition to our historical literature. We must not omit to add that this able work is elegantly got up with admirably executed por traits."—Scotsman. CONTRADICTION OF PRO VERBS.—" The more the merrier." Not so; one hand is tnough in a purse.—" No thing but what ha s an en d . " Not so; a ring has none, for it is round.—." Money is a great comfort." Not when it brings a thief to the gallows.—" The world is a long journey." Not so; the sun goes round it every day.—" It is a great way to the bottom of the sea." Not so ; it is but a stone's cast.—" A. friend is best found in adversity." Not so ; for then there are few to be found.—" The pride of the rich makes the labour of the poor." Not so ; the labour of the poor makes the pride of the rich. A PiSTINCTION AN A DIFfRREfICF. A pont poet. wheie parlor is next to the sky, rellt a rich friend in Broadway a few d.ss since. • " How do you do ?" asked the poet. " I have a rheumatic affection," said the gentleman. " I have a room-attic-affection too," rejoined the poet. The Stnitrt tejoieder protaired an invitatiott td dinnet. BANK OF U. S. DESTROTED.—We learn from Philadelphia, that a few days since, a loferish looking Loco Foco, with wicked intentions and malice aforethought, prepared himself with an immense horse pistol, and walked to the front door of the United States Bank. Here he watched the forthcoming of old Nick's imps, but as they did not make their appearance in due time, the swelling agrarian placed the muzzle of his deadly weapon at the keyhole and fired away. He then turned to walk away, and some one asking the meaning of the cruel murder, he dre w hi s c l oa k a b out him, and replied— , . Si r , those institution is committed great depredations upon the people, and lis been appynted for to kill the monster. Sir, I have did it, and the Gin'ril kin now go to his grave in reace. That ere monster are dead as a button, and our countrymen is now free from her contaminating confluence. Farewell." The hero was duly arrested and committed. A painter this morning showed us a faucet from an oil barrel, which the rats last night gnawed off, whereby the owner lost thirty gallons of linseed oil. Now this is a warning to persons who starve their rats and force them to commit such depredations, to keep soul and body together. Rats must live.— Cincinnee: Express. NOTHING PERSONAL—At a recent vestry meeting in a me tropolitan parish, a Mr. Bushey said to a Mr. —, who was church warden at the time :—" Sir, I mean nothing personal to my excellent friend, Mr. —; but it is my conscientious belief, that he has plundered the parish ever since he was born, and is the greatest thief in the universe. Ido not wish to be personal ; but I must say, he is a villain, an infamous i uanees dowghnani grand, indictment. will only scoundrel and a radical. I now speak in my vestal capacity, and I think that every hand should have a whip to lash the rascal naked through the world." A HINT TO CoRRESTONDENTs.—We have engaged one of the best writers in the country to supply us with intellige nce from the capitol at Washington. Look out for something spicy. ZEAL IN Extrreatesnred FIRES.—Last Saturday night when the bells announced the fire in Jersey city, one of our enter prising fire companies hurried off as if the d—l was after them. On arriving at the corner of Vesey and Greenwich -streets, they immediately began to fasten on their to the hydrant. " Halloo, there, mister," cried a man from the top of a house —" the fire's in Jersey city." " Mind your own business," cried the firemen, busily adjusting the hose. When all was ready, the reader may guess the surprise of the firemen at find ing the fire in Jersey city sure enough. There are three things which are not done. A ship canal is not formed round the falls of Niagara. There is no passage cut through the straits of Darien to connect the two great oceans ; and the exploring expedition has not set out upon its adventures. ANOTHER SUB-TREASUREA.—The assistant postmaster at Ellsworth (Me.), Henry M. Woods, has been examined be fore the Police Court at Bangor, on two charges of purloin ing money from letters deposited in the marl. He was com mitted for want of bail in the sum of 2,200 dollars, to take his trial before the U. S. Circuit Court. This is the sixty-third within five months. Let us have the Sub -treasury Bill passed at once, Uncle Amos, by all manner of means, or we shan't have any money left to spec'late with. These postmasters will all blow themselves before we can legalize stealing for our own benefit, if we don't hurry. —New York Whig f y, o , pleaded o r yuotu e h p t ah h de i guiltys better t s o t p a h t t e eo s l e p a p s l tt n or e hh i Altos KENDAL—The March number of the " Democratic Review" contains an accurate likeness of the chief cook and . bottlewasher of the Administration. The portrait would do graphical sketch appended, not a word is said about the mise ries and distress of the people; but Amos is represented like Patience on a monument, or Nero in his palace, "smiling at grief." POLlTENEss.—Yesterday, a prisoner, on being arraigned, tu ' uoo stnr guilty ogh i utwduei guilty, . i 1 1: p t utl y h )ei , haveel ..... 01 t 1 yfi e,texhtnheat ohei Recorder,aasjrneuygnr. pettyytd., larceny, may I . he prisoneracquit a n d you o then took k f y in: bows with the considerate functionary! We shall never be accused of Vandalism with such a polite officer as this, in such a Court as that of the General Sessions. ANOTHER PET PAID. —A postmaster in North Carolina, about one month since, " absquatilated" with 1,000 dollars of the people's money. His successor, after holding the office four weeks, run after his illustrious predecessor with 800 dollars of the public treasure. Cut and run is the doctrine of the Sub-Treasury line, ain't it, Silas? A Mr. Theophilus Raessle, a practical agriculturalist at Albany, has discovered means, without the aid of hot houses, and in the open garden, of producing vegetables during the entire winter months. We shall non have spinach all the year round without gammon. HATS AND RUFFS IN 1585.—( From Stubbes' Anatomic of Abuses.)—" Sometymes they use them aharpe on the croune, pearking up like the spire or shaft of a steeple, standyng up a quarter of a yards above the croune of their heads, some mure, some lesse, as please the phantasies of their inconstant mindes. Other sorts be fiat, and broad in the croune, like the battlements of a house. Another sort have round crounes, sometimes with one kind of bande, so:netymes with another ; now blacke, now white, now russet, now red, now grene, now yellow ; now this, now that ; never content with one colour or fashion two daies to an ende. And thus in vanitie they spend the Lord his treasure, consumyng their golden years and silver daies in wickedness and sinne. And as the fashion be rare and nttnob,ednguaw,itunyaidinlehrddpyali have toefiei,tuao:htnddoopee logdhecyfoaol nod, Faust. I a the strange, so is the stuffe whereof their hatter be made, divers also for some are of silke, some of velvet, some of taffetie, some of sarcenet, some of wooll, and which is more curious, some of a certain kind of fine haire. These they call beaver hattes, of twentye, thirtye, or fortye shillinges price, fetched from beyonde the seas, from whence a great sorte of other ye. nities do come besides ; and so common a thing it is, that everie servyng man, contrieman, and other, even all indiffe rently, dooe weare of these hattes ; for he is of no account, or estimation amongst men, if he have not a velvet or taffetie hatte ; and that must be pincked, and cunnyngly carved of the best fashion. And some are not content, without a grate bunche of feathers, of divers and sundrie colours, peaking on top of their heades." So much for the hats. Now for the ruffs :—" They have great and monstrous ruffes, made either of cam. brick, holland, lawne, or els of some other the finest cloth that can be got for money, whereof some be a quarter of a yarde deepe ; yea, some more, very few lease; so that they stands a full quarter of a yard. (and more) from their neckes, hang ing over their shoulder-points, insteade of a vaile. But if iEolus with his blasts, or Neptune with his storms, chaunce to hit upon the crazie barke of their bruised ruffes, then they goeth flip-flap in the winde, like ragges that flew abroad, lying upon their shoulders like the dish-cloute of slut. But, wot you what ? The devil, as he, in the fullness of his malice, first invented these great ruffes, so bath he now found out also two great pillars to beare up and maintaine this his kyngdomo of great ruffes (for the devil is kyng and prince over all the children of pride). The one arche or pillar, whereby his kyngdom e o f great ru ff es i s underpropped, is a certain kinde of liquid matter, which they Gill STARCH, wherein the devil hath willed them to wash and dive their ruffes well ; which beving drie, will then stand stiff and inflexible about their neckes. The other pillar is a certain device made of weirs, crested for the purpose, whipped over either with gold thred, silver, or silke ; and this he calleth a supportasse, or under propper." [We would be glad to see this curious old work, with its quaint wood. cuts, re-published. There is a very fine copy of it in the British Museum.] GOSLINGS.—" Hallo, mister 1" cried a passenger in a stage coach, to a rough looking foot passenger, " can you tell me what has become of those goslings which were hatched last year, on the top of that rock?" " Four of them are dead, Sir," returned Jonathan, " and the other, I perceive, is a passenger in the stage coach." The gentleman was used up, " John, hoist the window and let the air in," said a critic to his servant one morning. John was about to make the fire. " If I do, Sir, the wynd will blow the dust about too much I" " The wynd 1" exclaimed the dictionarian ; " who taught you, John, to say wynd?" " My father used to call it wynd, Sir." " He was wrong, John—you must call it wind. It is poetical to say wynd." " Beg pardon, Sir, but I prefers the natural prunciation of words to the political." " You may make the fire, John." A NEW Boox.—Three degrees of Banking is the title of a new work just published at Boston. We have not heard whether these are-Ist, taking a banking house : 2d, issuing irredeemable paper, and Srdly, shutting up shop. A NEW INIARRIAGE.—The Boston News is going to repub lish the " Marriage of Despair," so great is the demand for it. No wonder. Old maids read it as they despair of marriage. MEMOIRS OF SIR NV ILLIAM KNIGHTON, BART., G. C. H.—This is on many accounts a very remarkable book. If it did no more than trace the rise of an individual from com parative obscurity to eminence and wealth, by the unaided force of his own prudence and perseverance, it would command universal attention, and be invaluable as an example. But when to this is added a history of the private life of George IV. during the latter years of his reign, from the pen of one who lived in unreserved intimacy with that Monarch, an attraction is given to the volumes of the rarest kind. The extraordinary influence which Sir William Knighton exercised over his Sovereign is well known, and no one, we think, can read the present development of it without being convinced that it was honourable to both parties. A friendship such as that which subsisted between George IV. and Sir William Knighton never probably had a precedent between King and subject. The King, on his visit to Ireland, wrote a Diary of the events which arose on that occasion especially for the perusal of Sir William Knighton. This extremely curious and interesting document is given in full in the work, which may, indeed, be said to comprise the most remarkable collection of Royal Let ters ever given to the world. Among these are found not only the Letters we have alluded to from George IV. , but- al so from William IV., the present King of Hanover, the late Duke of York, the Duke of Cambridge, the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg'', the Duchess of Gloucester, &c. In the corre spondence will also be found Epistles from Lords Eldon, Li verpool, Brougham ,Bloomfield, and Mr. Canning, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Robert Peel, and other distinguished characters. In short the " Memoirs of Sir William Knighton" will be perused with intense interest by the public at large, and referred to by future historians.—Naval and Military Gazette. A LONDON CAL—One of these vehicles was on the Castle-street hackney-coach stand' yesterday. It is, we believe, tho first brought down to Liverpool.4.-Liverpool Albion. RB lAi Tl-111 StIN, LONDON, WEDINTESDA Y, APRIL IS, 18,18. GLEANINGS FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS, FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETT WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 17, 1838. lit Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon W. Parry to be Surgeob, vice Ws Janes, whe retires upon half-pay, April 17. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Assistant-Surgeon J. L. Warren, M.D., from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon, Mee W, Daunt, who retires upon half-pay, April 17. 11th Regiment of Foot—J, Stewart, Gent., to be Assistant- FiUrgeon, vice Thorn, appointed to the Staff, April 17. HOSPITAL STAFF, . . Assistant-Surgeon A. Thorn, from the 11th Foot, to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Parry, promoted in the let Dragoon Guards April 17. WHITEHALL. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Christian, of Liver pool, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery, April 6. 'the Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Taylor, of Man chester, i■ the county of Lancaster, Gent., to b^ a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery, April 10. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 17. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint the Honourable John Duncan Bligh, now her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden and Norway, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Hanover. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to nominate and ap. point Sir Thomas Cartwright, G. C. H. now her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden and Norway. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint the Hon. Henry Edward Fox, now Secretary to her Ma jesty's Embassy at Vienna, to be her Majesty's Minister Plenipo tentiary to the Ger man i c federation. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. GRIFFITH MORGAN, tanner, Dolydd-byrion, Carnarvan shire, to April 30, at eleven, at the Castle Hotel, Carnarvon. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM ENVlNGT6N,scri;ener, Leamington-priors, War wickshire, to surrender 'April 30, at two, and May 29, at half past two, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington-priors. Rush worth, Staple Inn, London. JAIRUS JAMES WILCOCK, surgeon, Hovingham, York shire, April 25 and May 29, at twelve, at the White Swan Inn, Goodramgate. Smithson, Malton ; Smithson, Dunn, and Mitton, Southampton-buildings, London. EDWARD WATSON, sadler, Nettleham, Lincolnshire, April 27, at five, and May 29, at half-past twelve, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Lincoln. Scott, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Plaskitt, Gainsborough. MARY GARSIDE, pot manufacturer, Dukenfield, Cheshire, May 1 and 29, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Slater and Heelis, Manchester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, London. SAMUEL HUGO, maltster, Truro, Cornwall, April 27, and May 29, at twelve, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro. Borlase, Truni ; Falcon, Elm -court, Temple, London. ROBERT TURNER, joiner, Sheffield, May 5, aid 29, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Preston, Tokenhouse-yard, London ; Serby and Footit, Sheffield. SAMUEL NICKOLS and CHARLES BATESON, carpet dealers, Leeds, April 30, and May 29, at eleven, at the Court house, Leeds. Dangerfield, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Brin ton, Kidderminster ; Dunning and Kennyon, Leeds. PATRICK MAGEE, marine-store-dealer, Liverpool, May 2 aid 29, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool ; Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool; Blackstock, Bunce, Vincent, and Sherwood, Temple, London. WILLIAM DORRELL innkeeper, Colchester, April 30, and May 29, at eleven, at the house of William Mason, Colchester. Sparling, Colchester ; Wood and Ellis, Corbet-place, Grace church-street, London. WILLIAM MOSS, builder, Monk Sherborne, Southampton, May 5 and 29, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Basingstoke. Cole, Lamb, and Brooks, Basingstoke and Odihans ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. S. P. and P. Rice, warehousemen, Addle-street, City, May 10, at twelve-J. P. an d C . E . Hicks, clothiers Eastington, Glou cestershire, M a y 10, at one-J. Hayles, builder, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, May 10, at two-J. H. Trye and S. Lightfoot, merchants, Great St. Helen's, City, May 9, at one-J. Muddle, silk mercer, Dover, Kent, May 9, at eleven. In the Casintry. W. Ducket, farmer, Whaplode, Lincolnshire, May 11, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Spalding-H. 0. Cadney, corndealer, Halifax, Yorkshire, May 9, at ten, a t th e Magistrates' Office, Ha lifax-O. P. Wathen, clothier, Woodchester, Gloucestershire, May 8, at ten, at the Golden Cress Inn, Cainscros s , Gloucester shire-R. Park, underwrit er , Kingston-upon-Hull, May 12, at 11, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon -Hull-W. A. A. West, crown glass manufacturer, Eccleston, Lancashire, May V, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool-G. Bishton, ironmonger, Parkfields, Staffordshire, May 14, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton-NV. N. Proctor and Co., cotton dealers, Man chester, May 24, at one, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester-L. Flitcroft, publican, Manchester, May 10, at el even , at the Commissioner s ' R ooms , Manchester-. S. Davies, ironmon ger, Monmouth, May 10, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Mon mouth--W. Unsworth, Derby, May 10, at one, at the New Inn, Derby. CERTIFICATES, MAT 8. J. Wood,. merchant, Manchester—H. Raines and J. Savage, steam boiler makers, Dukenfield, Cheshire—N. Whitworth, corn factor, Drogheda, Ireland—J. Mudge, printer, Devonport—E. Needham, currier, Stockport, Cheshire—J. Smith, funeral car riage master, Little Warner -street, St. James's, Clerkenwell. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Alford and G. Battersby, publicans, Turnham Green—D. Spartali and Co., London—E. Dixon and T. B. Larkins, sur geons, Alfred-place, Iledford-square—W, H. Holmes and D. Mal lory, grocers, Cheltenham—W. Halliwell and R. Holding, sizers of cotton twist, Blackburn, Lancashire—E. and H. Horswill, tailors, Tavistock, Devonshire—M. and C. Fisher, druggists, Liverpool-- G. Frater and Co., ship builders, Sunderland-near-the -Sea, Dur ham (as far as regards R. Todd, sen. )—J. Cuttell and Co., woollen cloth manufacturers, Holmfirth, Yorkshire—S. Greaves and T. Cowham, jun., pawnbrokers, Kingston-upon -Hull—W. Allaway and Co., ironmasters, Cinderford, Gloucestershire —E. J. Spry and W. 11. Bullmore, surgeons, Truro, Cornwall—R. Harris, sen., and S. King, woollendrapers, High Holborn—W. Whitehead and J. Walton, ironfounders, Great Bridge, Stafford shire—Q. Hoad and F. Trimbee, auctioneers, Fareham, Southamp ton—M. Adams and W. Garratt, retail hatters, Atherstone, War wickshire—K. Chandler and A. Smith, brewers, Cheltenham—L. Marks and Co., slopsellere, Liverpool —T. Timmins and Co., Wol verhampton Colliery—A. Howden and Co., shipwrights, Ratcliffe cross Dock—S. Fawcett and Co. coal miners, B o lt on , C um b er l an d . SCOTC Co., ISAAC TOBIAS, je H weller, South Br A idge, Edinburgh, April 18, and May 2, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Normuhill, Faulkner, from New South Wales, has ar rived off Ramsgate ; sailed Nov. 10. The Nlagaret Wilkie, Smith, from the Mauritius, has ar rived in the Downs ; sailed Dec. 30. The Calcutta, Brown, from Bombay, has arrived at Liver pool ; sailed Dec. 19, and St. Helena, Feb. 12. The John Bagshaw, Blyth, from the Mauritius, has arrived off Liverpool ; sailed Dec. 29. The 'Prescott, Lindsay, from China for Amsterdam, passed through the Downs on the 11th instant; sailed from China , Dec. 8, and St. Helena, Feb. 10. The Eliza, Clarke (or Harris), from the Mauritius, has arrived off Dover ; sailed Jan. 3, passed St. Helena, Feb. 10. Hobart Town, Van Diemen'i Land.—Arrived the Hindoo, Cameron, previous to Nov. 2, from Liverpool ; and Sarah Barry, Evans, from China. Rio Janeira.—Arrived the Parrock Hall, Lanney, from Lon don and Portmouth. St. Helena.—Sailed the Semiramis (1.), Brucke, Feb. 3, for the Cape and India. Sydney, New South Wales.—Arrived the William, Sporn, Oct, 18, fro;n Launceston ; Vanguard, Walker, 18th, from London; Genii, Hunter, 19th, from New Zealand; Nimrod, Butler, 19th, from whaling, with 1,500 barrels of oil ; Tamar, Boaden, 21st, from Liverpool; James Pattison, Cromartie, 25th, from London • William Nicol, M'Alpine, 28th, from the Isle of Skye and the Cape of Good Hope ; Sea Witch, Huson, 29th, from New Zealand ; Normuhill, Falkner, 29th, returned from sea, leaky ; Louisa, Wright, 30th, from the Sperm fishery, with 2,200 barrels of oil ; Louisa, Hayward, 30th, from New Zealand, with 1,400 barrels of oil ; Eve rette, Gimorc, 31st, from London ; Andromache, New, 31st, from Plymouth ; Samuel Winter, Rogers, Nov. 3, from Lon. don ; Rolslyn Castle, 7th, from Fishing, with 2,400 barrels of black oil ; Samuel Cunard, 7th, from the fishery, with 1,700 barrels of black and 120 sperm oil ; Magnet, Winkworth, Btb, from New Zealand ; Schah, Hayle, 9th, from Hobart Town ; Proteus, Bradley, 9th, from whaling, with 1,000 barrels of oil. Sailed the City of Edinburgh, Ryan, Oct. 21, and Nimrod, 22d, for New Zealand ; Earl Stanhope, 26th, fur London ; Abercrombie, 28th, for Sobusbralia and the Mau ritius ; Vulture, Nov. 1, for Valparaiso; Glenbervie, 2d, for Van Diemen's Land ; William, 3d, for Launceston. Vessels spoken with.—The Emma, Cadiz to Cork, 2d in stant, lat. 42., long. 13., by the Tantivy, Butcher, arrived in the Creek.—John Paul, New Orleans to Liverpool, by the John Bentley, arrived at Liverpool.—Sirius, steamer, Cork to New York, 7th inst,, lat. 19., long. 1 7.—Mastery, Liverpool to Tampico, lat. 21., long. 55., out fifty days.—Mary Ann, Sunderland to Savannah, 22d ult., lat. 35., long. 63.—Diana, Clyde to Quebec, lat. 47. 20. N., long. 17. 20. W., by the Carieux, arrived at Havre.—Susannah Cummings, Liverpool to Savannah, 2d inst., lat. 42., long. 31., by the Mary's, Crosbie, arrived at Liverpoul.—Nottingham, Africa to Liver pool, 26th Dec. ; sad the Rocket, 21st Jan., off Anabona, by the Mcg Merrilies, arrived at Liverpool from Africa.—Harriet Howe, 400 barrels; William Fourth, 400 barrels; by the Lady Keith, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales.—Broad Oak, Hubbock, Newfoundland to Pirnambuco, Feb. 26., lat. 3. N., long. 24. W.—Pellas, Tyen, for Havre, 21st, lat. 23., long. 41., by the Eliza, Clark, arrived off Dover.—Flora, Wolff, Hamburgh to Gibraltar, lat. 52., long. 3., having been ashore at Heligoland, and received trifling damage by the Seaflower, cutter, arrived at Lowestoffe. As the Exeter mail was travelling from Staines towards Egham on Thursday night, the leaders shied at the covering of a van standing by the roadside, at the Ship, at Egham Hythe, which blew up just as the mail was passing. The horses on taking fright suddenly darted across the road on to the high path ; the mail was consequently overturned, and, although it was well loaded with passengers, none of them were seriously injured, excepting a lady wko was riding inside, who had her collar-bone broken, her husband, who was also ridinr , inside, havi ng f a ll en upon her. The leaders having disengaged themselves from the coach, galloped off at full speed, but one of them fell after going a very short distance, and died immediately ; the other having disentangled himself from his companion, pursued his course towards Egham, and was not found till three o'clock in the morning, when he was discovered in a muddy ditch, near the entrance of the town of Egham from Thorpe, and was with great difficulty extricated therefrom. The mail proceeded to Egham with the remain ing pair of horses, where the usual fresh horses were obtained. OA CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, SSUFifilkCn CUMPANiES,&esesc. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, AttlL 17. Number Dividend ?Hee of per CANALS. pet Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1 1 7 P.0 7 re, cent. Ashton and Oldliam....Average 97/.lBs. sh. 135 1.082 4t; Ashby-de-le-Zouch . . Average 113/.sh. 85 1,260 Flas!ttgstOtte lOOl. eh. 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock and isberga,venny 150, sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 9! 6s. Birmingham, 1-16th sante iss 811. & 711. 220 1 1100 Ditto and L:verpool .tunct...lV/s th. 100 pd 241 600 51. Bridgewater aratTatinton ....100/. sh. all rei 64 400 4/ Chelmer and !Backwater 100/. sh. 102 500 44. C - tvontry 1001. sh. 745 4,545 Croydon 3 3 0601 41. Os. Dudley lOOl. sh. 83 600 , 14/. Derby 100/. sh. 133 20,000 4 pet cent. Danune and Mayne 3,575/ 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/.3k. 77 231 46'. Erewash 1001. in. '7OO ,1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 401)1365. oh. 580 -1,600 121. Grand Junction 1141/. sh. 208 2,8491 11. Grand Union 1001.8 b 25 1,500 Grand Surrey .. 2 0,t )00 /. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lO3l. 70 3,096 660 131. Is fd. Glamorgansh ire, Average cost 172!. 13s. 4d, 230 749 101. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6cl. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 4 6,328 11. Si. Kennet ;nd Avon, Average 30/.lBs. 10d. oh. 251 2,8971 24!. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 610 5451 13!. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 225 1,897 V. Os. Leicester ansi Northampton... Aver $3l. 103, 91 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 211 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 100/.1.11. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 565 3.000 I/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 171. Neat h 1001. oh. 325 1,786 30/. Oxford lON. sh. 630 2,400 Si. Peak Forest A 'ewe about 781. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 83/. 16s. Bd. sh. :6 5,669 6!. per cent. riochdale Average 8.51. sh. 111 500 8!. Shropshire 1251. sh. 138 SOO 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 1511 3,6001. 41 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 111 700 40/. Staflbrd and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 710 500 9/. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. !SO 300 91. 2tourbridge 3.647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 721. Os. bd. oh. 50 533 151. ~ Swansea 1001. sh. 250 3,762 1/. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway...Ar 351. sh. 35 I,6ohllsh. 32!. 105. Treat and Mersey, . share 100/. sh. 580 8,149 Thames ..ntl Medway...Aver. 191.55. Sd. sh. 2 0003 h., 1,1001gh.3 15!. Warwick and Birmingham 100/. oh • 265 980 lls. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 200 6,000 4/. Os. Worcest.r and Birmingham.. .Av. 784.85. sh. 791 5,000 255. Wilts an, Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 22 800 31, Worley and Essington 1251. sh 75 taro 205 Is. Wcy and Arun llOl. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2,600& } 3p. it Commercial lool.sh. 56 1,06515 k 498,68714 6 per ct. East India Stock 112 8,238,31011. sUs.p.ct. London Stock 571 Ditto Bonds 99 1,380,0001. 414 p. ct. West India Stock 1001 2,209 21. 19s. Bristol 68,3244 61. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 100 500,000 41 per oent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO4 2.500 ..... Deptford Pier 20!. sh. 201. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 Ifs. Hammersmiti 5Ol. sh. 224 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo lOOl. sh. 3 5,000 18e. Eld. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 604 pd 19 5,000 16e. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 171 60,0004 81. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 5,1148 174 Vauxhall Average 704 10s. 3d. sh. 20 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3! les Albion 5001. sh. 501. pd 119 50,000€ s and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 61 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 144 0 501. th, 55/. pd 1(174 250/ eh. 504 pd 40 2 1 b 2 ,000 00 ish4.l per t. B lii r r i m us i h ng F h i a r m e I' ire 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 501. sh. 51. pd 6 5,000 2 SI. percent. lOs C ercent. Clerical, oupty 1 10 Medi .al,&c. Lite, 10(1.0s1h..02 101. pd 110 s pd 4 4,000 42 20,000 se. Eagle .... ... 504 sh. 51. pd 51 ~,-,„ r 5 per sent. Eco nomic Lite lOOO4 sh. 2504 pd 375 "" /and 301 be.' 2,271 r2s. percent. European Lip _ 2Ol. ah. all pd 22 50,000 2a. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd 1/ 1,000,00e1. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 151 20,000 51' Guardian lOO/. sh. '2711 pd 341 40,000 6s. 6d. Hope 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 127 7,500 es. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 101. pd 101 13,451 4/. per cent.. Indemnity Marine VOL sh. 81. pi 22 2,020 31 106 Kest Fire 501. eh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life 79 10,000 16s, Law Life 1004 sh. 101. pd 251 5,00 u 10s, London, Fire 231. sh. 12/. 10e. pd 10 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. ah. 121. 10s. pd 16 1,000,006/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. eh. 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 21. pd 218 s 14 50,000 41. per cent. Protector rite 4,500 1/. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 101. pd 20 100,000 se. Rock Life 20/. sh. 11. pd (3 . 689,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 225 6,000 8 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 51. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdora Life 2l. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,009 6 per cent. Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. eh. 401. pi 70 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham sfl. sh. 101. pd 13 10,000 le per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 161 0,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 201. pd 11 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh, 201. pd 50 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 26 50,000 71 per cent Manchester and Liverpool] 1001. 100/.lh. lel pd 194 Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 1001. sh. 251 pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland...lool. sh. 25/. pi 42 90, 1 '00 National Bank of Ireland ~.501. sh. 1711. pd 161 10,000 4 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...1001. sh. 351. pd 34 10,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1/ Si 64 Bath 2Ol. eh. 16/. pd 24 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 214 1,000 [ sl at ir d ' e f, c : , s ll Ditto Provincial V/. sh. 19 d 224 928 51 105 Birmingham 5Ol. eh. OS 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2o' sh. 36 1,500 3/ 10e Brighton 2Ol. sh. P 5 750 31 10s Ditto, New ' 201. sh 181. pd 9 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton Oeneral 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 4/, Continental Consolidated lOOl. 6251. pd 90 1,000 101. City of London IOW. sh. all pd 199 1,000 61, Ditto, New 14,000 -4/. les. Equitable 5Ol. pd 304 10,00 21 per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh 2Ol. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 3O/. sh, all pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Phcenix 50/. sh. 39/, pd 211 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. 80/. pd 58 4,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd 291 240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 224 12,000 3/, Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s, Ditto New 5(l. eh. 10/. pd 91 500 Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,800 9e. Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 211 8,4.34 61, East London lOO4 sh. 149 5,500 21 104 Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 51 2,000 2/. Kent. 1001. sh. 43 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 326 1,500 21 106 New River London Bridge Water Annuities 594 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South Loihlon lOOl. sh. 87 8,294 44 West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12e. 93. oh. 941 1,360 11 144 York Building Co. Lessee Prop ..... -1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 3O/. pd 2/4:, 9,500 Birmi ng h am an d Gl oucester 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 01 15,000 Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 10 pd 8 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 2/. pd c 4 7,500 ........ Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 711 4 3,009 Clarence lool. sh. 1004 pd 4.4 11,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 24 pd ;I 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 54 pd 5 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 951. pd 181 Great North of England l9/. pd 91 5,000 Great Western lOOl. sh. 65/. pd 951 2,000 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001. pd 100 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. eh. 104 pd 7 10,008 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 4 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .. ,,501. sh all pd 751 5,109 10 per cent. Liverpool and M anc h est er...lo(l. sh. 100/. pd 1211 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares '2s/. pd 0 1 36,000 London and Brighton 5Ol. sh. 8/, pd 104 12,000 London and Blackwell 5O/. sh 31. pd 71 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sh. 201. pd 1 65 25,000 London and, Birmingham ...1001. sh. 90/. pd 180 Ditto Quarter Shares 51. pd 32 20,000 London and Southampton 501. sh. 591. pd 461 Ditto ditto New 7,000 London and Croydon Trunk 20/. ish. 201. pd IS 7,000 Ditto Scrip 141. sh. 51. pd 14 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 51. pd 2 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 704 sh. 71. pet tit North Midland 1001. sh. 25/. pd 41} Northe..n and Eastern lOOl. sh. 81. pd 5 2.600 Preston and Wyre 501. oh. 30/. pd 36 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 7l. pd 6 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO4 eh. 240 9,000 1,400 6,000 ...... MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31/. pd 12 4,000 11. be. A lten 151. sh. 121. 10. pd 12 11,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, isa. 51. pr0....1004 sh, all pd 5 Ditto Subecriptren 251. po 4 2,000 101. Bolanos , 1501. sh all pd 59 10,000 11. les Brazilian Imp. Ise. 51. prn 351. sh. 201, pd 22 6,0)0 Macaubas & Cocaee United 251..h. 24. pd 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 91. pd sj, 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 90/. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 10/. pd 3, 20,000 British Iron 5Ol. eh. 50/ pd 15 6,000 British Copper 6l. sh. 441. pd 1 Cate Branca 6 1 4 p d 1 01 Candonga 7;l. pd 7; 10,000 11 Copiapo 2 Ol. sh 121/ pd Si 8,500 ... Columbian, ass. 5/. pm. • 551. sh. 55/. pi 61 2,850 3/. English CI icodu to l :Ee l in, e a g 4m. oLe Sale ' aN , e ' pl r . a N e . . cent.....,,,, . ytg . O . . a •" 121 10.. pd I2i 20,000 ... ...... General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 15/. pd Id 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5511. pd 2 3,006 Tolbert:. Consols ' 101. eh. 8/. pd 41 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l sj Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 160 10,000 ...... ... United Mexican, its. 2 pm..... 404 sh. all pd 2 Dart. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5l pd West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 200:50:::00 1 I. cs. R (LocK;l u eitn ss dge : Broi l anl l lscno 1,500 London University .. ..... 1 . ......... . ah .2.15 . 00g a .1 1 .. 1 op p pi d 2 2 6 :4 70 0 146),,:n 4!. per p l e i 5. ' c . cent . n t . Canada Australianarinaisdha American Company g a u rl y C .U. Land : l . t . L . l . r . a . . 1 .......... ....................................... 3 4 10 4 1 6 5 1 1, per cent. Upper Canada Loan ....... sh. 13/. pd 1 : 5° 6 1 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. New Brunswick Land COm ... p . 8,000 Caoutch s ... '.i ........... sh. 19 a s2 y . sh. 1 4 21 1 4 pd pd TRheDaymietre.tsoioTNnia7nrwyn.lnterestSoc...loo/. sh. 100/. pd 133 10 0 2,63327 5511: 11):er:cceenntt:Van Die_net. 4,000 ,5e . L . 1 ... a. .. n .... d... ................................1 1. 10,000 ----- LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MARCH 24, 1838. BANKS. 1 , 500 NM 6!. p. ct. Bank of Scotland ...... S 3/. 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 1921. 21,000,0 X/. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd - 110'. 500.0)0 1 . Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. 411 pa -2 3 5 4 3 , 000,0001, 6!. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 1801. 5,d00,000a. :-, o. et. National lOO/.sh. 101. pd 161/. 2,000,0001. 61. p. et. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. SOL Pd 71 /. 4.00001Q04 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd 42/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 256.000 ah. 61p. et. Scottish Union 20/ sh. 1/, pd 26s 7,500 61 p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 101. pd 131 154. 101,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd Si 5s 50,000 6p. cf. North British - 2OOl. sh. 101. pd 16/. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1910 s 5,000 ri p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 104 pd 14118 s 100,000 31 p. et. West of Scotland lO/. pa 7t Cs 1 4 1 IBCEEL A NEO US 4,810 ...... ... Edin. and Glas, Un. Canal 501. Eh. all pd 2'21. Ditto Allocated 96/. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Steck Water 251. sh. all pd 56/. Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 44/. f,ooosh 15 per cent. Shotti Iron Foundery 50!. oh 351. pd 451 1 4 7 , ,a 110 3 0ipe p )e e i r r (cc.eeennnttt... Ed E u d lai i n n sgb b ou u ,r r vg g ut h , , S c yffi G th a, Glass '2ol. Eh. 16/. pd SI. 25/. sh. all pd C 6/ 25/. sh. all pd 1311 750 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas '2Ol. sh. al: pd 45/. 1,206 ... ...... Edinburgh and Dalkeith Ral'may... 'Ol. sh 35/. 0,000 5 per conk Equitable Loan Company...s/. fib. 9/, pd 104 UNITED STATES' NEUTRALITY- GENERAL SCOTT AND COLONEL HUGH (From the Montreal Gazette of the 24th ult.) " Head-quarters, Eastern Division, United States Army—Buffalo, Jan. 29, 1838. " had the honour to receive, by the hands of C B P t °, Maitland, your letter o f th e 16th i ns t., whi c h e nclosed one the same date from Captain Drew, of the Royal Navy, sca b. have since re c ei ve d th e commun i ca ti on o f C o lonel M`ilo Na commanding her Majesty's militia and naval forces o n the Niagara frontier, dated the 18th. " I begged Captain Maitland to offer you my numerous and pressing enga ge m en t s as an apo l ogy f or n ot giving a; the time a more formai acknowledgment of the srst and second notes ; and the same apology was repeated thoug h Captain Glasgow, whom I have since had the pleasure to re ceive as a visitor. 4, Both Captains Maitland and Glasgow had opportunit ies _ (and I was pleased th at it was so ) to w i tness t h e character of my occupations, which had for their object the defeat, by har monizing all the authorities, civil and military, both of the general and State Governments, of the hostile expedition on foot, within our jurisdiction, against her Majesty's neiglabonr ing provinces. " From the measures t a k en , an d rea dy t o b e a pplied, 1 al s3 happy to repeat what I ora lly commun i cate d t h roug h Captain 6 Maitland and Glasgow, th a t I en t er t a i n a we ll- grou nded hopethat we shall be able to prevent th e em b ar k a ti on o f any rated this portion of the men an d a rms o f th a t ex peditio r ! this side of Cleveland ; and Bri ga di er -G enera l B r ady, Unite o d States Army, under my command at Detroit, has taken mea sures, in conjunction with his Ex ce ll enc y th e Governor of t Michigan, to maintain the obli ga ti ons • f neu t ra lity in 68' quarter. " At this place I think we shall be able to prevent any hostile embarkation; and the steamer Barcelona has shell been out, and will proceed ag a i n t h e momen t th e wind zhs a permit, with a detachment of th e U n it e d St a t es troops l in k , the proper civil officers, as high up the lake as D un kirk, I ° ° e ing into Cattaraugus and Silver Creeks on th e wa y. Anoth s and a better steamer, the Robert Fulton, will follow to-nigh t ' or early in the morning, with a large det ac h men t. The latter may go as far as Detroit, and certainly, the weather permit ting, as high as Cleveland. The object of both boats and de tachments is the same--=to prevent the embarkation of the hog* tile expedition, " As was explained to Captains Maitland and Glasgow; my powers to effect that object have been much enlarge d since I had the hon o ur t o a dd ress you my former note , an d we (the civil authorities and myself) are daily in expects' tion of receiving a new Act of Congress, giving us yet more ample authority. " The steamer New England, lying in this port, and unde r ' stood to be engaged to take off portions of the hostile exil e " dition from points above, we hope to fi n d th e means ( detaining. I hare, in the act of writing this sentence, t further hope of hiring and taking her int o the serv ice of t " he United States. " I give these details in the spi r it o f na ti ona l am ity, and• the sincere hope that the neutral relation s o f th e t wo nnulltri" may long be maintained. " I have received a note from Lewiston, stating that a fer r i; boat, belonging to that place and Q ueens t on , h as , for 0 • 11 1 1 28 cause or other, been retained on your sid e th e r iver, to t great inconvenience of our people in that neighbourhood . nt make no complaint on the subject, because I am ign o 7, e , of all the material circumstances; but will suggest Li, ther it may not contribute t o th e res t ora ti on o f good 'v ier ings on both sides to permit the ferry-boat to resume do usual trips, particularly as I think I can assure you sll hi' Navy Island people have ad va n ce d up t h e countr y, to t place and beyond. I have the honour, &c., " WINFIELD SCOTT' o f " P. S. I have engaged the New England, and a par t ,ib e troops has just gone down to take possession of her. hostile expedition can now obtain no boat this side of Erie. v,r. S. " Col. C. Hughes, British Army, commanding," ea. • LAW NOTICES. CHANCERY COURT. Sittings appointed by the LORD CHANCELLOR in Easter Test'' at Westminster. Wednesday, April 18—Motions. Thursday, April 19—Petitions, and the Causes that ba /e been in the Paper. 24, Friday, April 20, Saturday, 21, Mond a y, 23, Tuesday - , Wednesday, 25—Appeals. Thursday, April 26—Appeal Motions and Appeals. a f a t Friday, April 27, Saturday, 28, Monday, 30, Tuesday, 1, Wednesday, 2—Appeals and Causes. Thursday, May 3 Motions, Appeals, and Causes. Ana Friday, May 4, Saturday, 5, M o nday, 7, Tuesday, 8 1 - Wednesday, 9 Appeals and Causes. Thursday, May 10— 5 Appeal Motions, Appeals, and Cause,. N.B. Such days as his Lordship is occupied in the 11 " of Lords excepted. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Sittings appointed by the VICA- CHANCELLOR in Easter Ternif at Westminster. Wednesday, April 18—Motions. Thursday, - April 19—Petitions. Friday, April 20—Short Causes, Unopposed Petitionsg Pleas, Demurrers, Exceptions, Causes, and Further Directions. Saturday, April 21, Monday, 23, Tuesday, 24, and Wes t " nesday, 25—Pleas, Demurrers, Exceptions, Causes, and Fur ther Directions. Thursday, April 26 Mot ion s. Friday, April 27 Shor t Causes, Unopposed Petitions , Pleas, Demurrers, Exceptions, Causes, and Further Directions. Saturday, April 28— Mon day, 30, Tuesday, May 1, Wed nesday, 2 Pleas, Demurrers, Exceptions, Causes, and Fur ther Directions. Thursday, May 3—Motions. Friday, May 4—Short Causes, Unopposed Petitions, Pleas' Demurrers, Exceptions, Causes, and Further Directions. Saturday, May 5, Monday, 7, Tuesday, 8, and \ Wae: day, 9 PI eas, Demurrers, Exceptions, Causes, and Furth r Directions. Thursday, May 10—Motions. AT THE ROLLS' COURT. Sittings appointed by the MAsTsa of the Roars in and afte r Easter Term, 1838, at Westminster. Wednesday, April 18—Motions. Thursday, April 19—Petitions in General Paper. 04, Friday, April 20, Saturday, 21, Monday, 23, Tuesday , and Wednesday, 25—Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, Further Dl rections, and exceptions. Thursday, April 26—Motions. Friday, April 27, Saturday, 28, Monday, 30, Tue° s :; May 1, Wednesday, 2—Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, Further Directions, and Exceptions. Thursday, May 3—Motions. Friday, May 4, Saturday, b, Monday, 7, and Tuesday,. 8 : Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, Further Directions, and Exceptl°ll'. Wednesday, May 9—Petitions in the General Paper. Thursday, May 10—Motions. Sol i " Friday, May 11—Short Causes after swearing in the citors. Short and Conse n t C auses an d U no p pose d Petitions !Cler Tuesday at the sitting of the Court. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings in Equity in Easter Term. Thursday, April 19—Petitions and Motions. Tuesday, April 24—Causes. Frida, Aril 27—Petitions and Motion. Saturday,, p ay, April 28 —Pleas, Demurrers, s Exception! , an d Further Directions. Tuesday, May I—Causes Saturday, May 5-1 3 ctitious and Motions. Monday, May 7—Pleas, Demurrers, Exceptions, a nd F` W ther Directions. `r ELLINGTON MEMORIAL. --W e find that th e officers of the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade have 51111,1- scribed 691. 15 5 ., an d th at t h e o ffi cers and nen-commissioned officers of th e 2d b atta li on have also already subscr ibed 671. 93. sd. ; th e officers at the depot of the 87th 80% Irish Fusil eers 161. 11 s . 6 d . ; the non-commissioned off icer . of the 14th D r a goons , 7/. I s . B d . ; the officers at the d e r; of the 69th Foot, 121. 12s. ; the officers of depots formre tie Pruvisional Battalion at Chatham, 24/. 2s. 6d. ; a nd t t officers of the 14th Foot, la as. ; and we have no does of that the example will speedily be followed by the ich° le o , the British army, who se d evo ti on , di sc i p li ne , an d gallon t „ enabled the Duke of Wellington to achieve those victor.: which hav e identifi e d hi s ill ustr i ous name w i t h t h e ir own I "aortal glories. PATENT' LEVER WATCH Four and a Half Guineas Gash. A variety of Second-hand Watehes, on this salebrated tonotriuieda. tion, with going fuzee, to conti nue go i ng w hil e w i n di ng uP,..11% n i in four holes, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial other modern improvements ' are offered at the above pries , h . ranted, at COX SAVORY' S, Silversmith, Jeweller, and We' tc h maker, 47, C o rnhill, Londo n (Seven Doors from Graeae It ire street). _ BIRTHS.— en On the 14th inst., at Walton, Some rse t s hi re , L a dy J. ThY n of a son. On the 14th inst., in Torrington-square, the lady of A. ger, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. Gravesend, to Sarah, dau g ht er o f John °smotherly, Ye'n' an ' ° On the 12th inst., at Graves en d, M r . J . C ane , o f High-street? Cliffe, Kent. t ef At St. George's, Hanover square, Mr. Robert Johnson, late d, Berwickshire, to Harriet, second daughter of Mr. A many years in the Royal Household. _____------' . Bertralt DIED. On the 12th inst., aged 20 months, Eleanor Silva Da Costa, youngest daughter o f 31r. Antonio da Costa, of Claremont-terrace, Pentonville. On the II th i nst., at t h e R ectory H ouse , G ues tling, Suffolk , Fanny, w if e o f t h e R ev. J o h n A s hb urn h am , 8 . D., Rector of that parish, aged 50. On the 12th inst., in Clarges-street, Sir Thomas Richard 1) ” 3 :' Bart., of Ovington, Hants, a Lieutenant-General in the 13r1tisn and Spanish Forces. On the 15th inst., at Haverhill, Essex, William, second son of H. Jackson, Esq., aged 20. On the 30th of December, at Seringapatam,lElizabcth, wife Of Major Mathias, 14th Madras Native Infantry. On the 16th'inst., in Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, the Rev. Henry North, aged 69. On the 14th inst., in the Regent's-park, Clara Margaret Harr rison, youngest child of J. Woodford, Esq., of the Madras Army, aged 17 months and five days. London; Printed and Publi•Aied by MURDO YOUNG, of No _ 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Middlesex.—Wednesday, April 18, 1638.